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SKETCHES OF CREATION. 



and hence has been dubbed by the voyageurs "the Sail 

 Rock" (Fig. 33). 



A mile farther east we reach " The Grand Portal" (Fig. 

 34). This is an enormous arched gateway one hundred 

 feet in height and one hundred and sixty feet broad, open- 

 ing into a magnificent vaulted passage some three hundred 

 feet deep, and expanding into a massive dome. These 

 apartments, with their ramifications, have been hewn in an 

 enormous quadrangular block of brown sandstone project- 

 ing sheer into the lake six hundred feet, and presenting a 

 front of three or four hundred feet, with a frowning facade 

 lifted full one hundred and thirty-three feet above the 



Fig. 35. Camp on the Beach near the Chapel. 



